Fly-brush.



A. F. GODDARD.

FLY BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3. 1913.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

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Qfammz ALLISON F. GODDARID, OF BANKEN, ILLINOES.

IfIiY-BRUSH.

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Application filed September 3, 1913.

To all @hom 'it may concern Be it known that I, ALLIsoN F. GODDARD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Rankin, in the county of `Vermilion and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fly-Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fly brushes and more particularly to that type which are adapted to be rotated with each movement of the door.

One of the principal objects of the invention'is to provide'a simple and eflicient device of this character wherein the brushes rnaybevconveniently replaced and wherein the drum Ais properly guarded to prevent the brushes catching beneath the operating cable.

A further object of 'the invention is he provision of adevice of this character having a tapering brush vholding hea-fL and a Y tapering adjus ing nut or collar which co acts to prevent. the :operating cables from becoming displaced. v

Further objects of the invention wiil. appear assthe following description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this application, and in whichz i Figurel 1 is a front view. Fig. 2 is a Vvertical sectional View.

Referring moreparticularly to the drawnv ing, 1 represents an ordinary 'door rarne to which is hinged a screen door conf; of vertical Stiles 3, top. and bottom i. and 5, an intermediate rail. '5 and a v' center stile 7. Secured to and running oarm allel with the vertical stile 7 is a which extends to point approxi; reaching the lower edge o'tqthe lower 5 and slightly above the center 6. casing :is arranged to receive t r .voight 9, the function of which wir L inattcr described. Passing through the cer'.- :Lcr stile 7 is a bolt 10 which has journaled thereon a drum 11 provided with a brush attaching head 12 somewhat larger than the firum, the head tapering so as to4 mergeinto the drum.

Threaded on the bolt and positionedor,

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented hun'. Zet, 1.915.

Serial No. 787,967.

the-outer face of the door so as to forni an abutment for the drunc is a conical collar 13 which serves in the same capacity as the tapering end of the head.y vWound around the drum and connected at -one end to the weight and at its opposite end to a stationary oye ineinber 14 on the frame l is a cable 15 which passes over a pulley 16 journaledin a bracket 17 secured to the top rail of the door. will, therefore, be seen that when the door is open the weight will be raised and the drum rotated and when the door is released the weight will gravitate and rotate the drum in the opposite direction and also close the door.

Secured to and radiating from the fl" a plurality et brush supporting ai all ot which are constructed from. a sint; strand ci wire having the elongated loops formed therein. as shown at 1?. The sepa.- ra legs of each loop are arranged in spaced relation so as to permit the connection of the brushes 2O thereto, as shown.. At the inner end oi the legs. each loop the strands are twisted together and the connecting poru tion between each arm is preferably enibedded in the head 12. The brushes 2O may be constructed of any suitable material but l prefer to use pieces ot oil-cloth 'freely connected to the leg i so as to turn thereon and being longitudinally slit, as shown.

Secured to the center stile 6 and lj over the drum is a guard or shield 21 which is apertured of the cable and which is open upon the bottom .tor a similar purpose. This shield effectively prevents the strips of brush niaterial from engaging beneath the cable on the drum and thereby stopping the operation o the door.

hat l claim is ln a fly brush for screen doors, the combination with a drum mounted on the door and having an operating cable wound thereen, a plurality of brush supporting arins mounted on the drum and each formed of a single length of wire bent upon itselt1 to provide a brush receiving loop, and having the strands of the wire intersecting each other at a point above the connection of the arm with the drum, and :L cylindrical guard sur- In testimony whereof I aix my signature rounding the drum and detachably secured in presence of two Witnesses. to the door and having one end lying in close proximity to the point of intersection be- ALLISON GODDARD 5 tween the strands of brush supporting arms, Witnesses:

theA said guard being provided with openings CHAS. S'. SMITH,

for the passage of the cable therethrough. ELMER ONES. 

